Oof. Ages ago. Came across this today. Loooooooong ago. I cannot say I recommend going straight from zip to do Colonie, NY to NCA&T directly. Went there following in the footsteps of my uncles. Lost my ever loving mind when I got there. Spent my 3 semesters at A&T majoring in trying to find the next event and/or party instead of Mechanical Engineering. Cherelle performed in our gym... Cherelle! EU also performed there. Everyone and their mama played Aggiefest. Almost cried at my first football game. Not because of football. I do not follow sports at all. Because I had never seen that many African Americans in one place doing their thing... ever. It was beautiful. And halftime?! Wakanda made real... An exceptional institution. All on me. My younger cousin survived the Colonie to A&T pipeline but I could not cut it. As I said I lost my mind so I retreated home to NY where I ended up graduating from SUNY Polytechnical Institute in zip to do Utica, NY. This photo was taken when we visited NC after my move back to NY where I ran into my freshman year roommate Reggie Hines and friends Todd Maurice Gaines and DCs own Matthew Whitlock. It was very good to see them again. Scott Hall is no more and I cannot say I miss it specifically. Did not work out for me at A&T, but it was the most fun 3 semesters of college by far.
Eric L. Woods 